Music Piracy in Canada: The Napster-Era Stories

The timeline

1999–2003the Napster era

The Napster launch (see our features) — the peer-to-peer (see our features) explosion (see our features), the downloading (see our features) as (see our features) the default (see our features), the industry's (see our industry features) panic (see our features) — the lawsuits (see our features) beginning (see our features).

2003–2010the Canadian limbo

The Canadian limbo (see our features): the downloading (see our features) legal grey zone (see our features) — the Copyright Act (see our features) not yet modernized (see our features), the Canadian downloader (see our features) technically in the clear? no. FINAL: the Canadian pirate (see our features) operating (see our features) in (see our features) the (see our features) unclear (see our features) zone (see our features).

2010–2015the streaming solution

The streaming solution (see our Spotify feature): the convenience (see our features) winning (see our features) — the Spotify (see our features) and (see our features) the Apple Music (see our features) replacing (see our features) the pirate (see our features) sites (see our features) — the piracy declining (see our features) as (see our features) the access (see our features) improved (see our features).

2015–presentthe post-piracy era

The post-piracy (see our features): the piracy (see our features) niche (see our features) now (see our features) — the torrents (see our features) surviving (see our features) but (see our features) marginal (see our features) — the stream (see our streaming feature) the default (see our features). The (see our features) war (see our debates feature) ends (see our features). The (see our features) music (see our features) streams (see our features).